The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blackberry in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blackberry over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Gloucestershire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RIM Blackberry
Rank 34 65 43
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -22
Contract jobs citing Blackberry 4 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.476% 0.311% 0.917%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.843% 1.361% 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
Average daily rate £130 £95 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -68.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-4.73% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
51 147 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 18.82% 22.83% 16.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 81 35
Average daily rate £400 £500 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +61.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £300 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £575 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 1
Average hourly rate £42.00 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+110.00% -42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Blackberry
South West

Blackberry
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Gloucestershire Blackberry Jobs Demand Trend

Blackberry
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Blackberry across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Blackberry Daily Rate Trend

Blackberry
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Blackberry across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Blackberry Hourly Rate Trend

Blackberry
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blackberry within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucester +30 3 - -
Cirencester - 1 £130 -
Blackberry
South West

Blackberry
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Blackberry also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Blackberry.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 6 (85.71%) MS Office
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) MCP
3 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
3 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Citrix
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Apple
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL V3
3 3 (42.86%) Software Deployment
3 3 (42.86%) iPhone
3 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
3 3 (42.86%) MCITP
3 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
4 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (28.57%) AppSense
4 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
5 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
5 1 (14.29%) Dell
5 1 (14.29%) Mac OS X
5 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS

Blackberry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Blackberry also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Blackberry. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 6 (85.71%) MS Office
2 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Technician
1 3 (42.86%) Support Technician
1 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support Technician
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Support
3 1 (14.29%) Junior
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS X
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL V3
1 3 (42.86%) Software Deployment
1 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
1 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) MCP
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (42.86%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Citrix
1 3 (42.86%) Apple
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) AppSense
3 1 (14.29%) Dell